The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center launched the # Ask_Hazza mark to receive questions from the public that he would like to ask UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri, the most prominent of which will be answered by the astronaut on September 27, while he is at the International Space Station.

The center noted through a tweet on «Twitter» that there is only five days left for the launch of the UAE astronaut to the International Space Station, on 25 of this month, only five days.

The main flight crew, which includes Hazza Al Mansouri, Russian Oleg Scribochka, American Jessica Mir, and the alternative crew, including Sultan Al Neyadi, Sergey Rizikov and Thomas Marshburn, are conducting a number of final exercises during the medical detention, which ensures the efficiency of their physical and mental indicators before The mission, noting that the astronauts in the crew planted a tree by their names in the garden of the Baikonur space station, according to the tradition followed by the astronauts.

Astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri will conduct 16 scientific experiments, in cooperation with international space agencies, including the Russian Roskosmos and the European Space Agency «ESA», including six experiments on the International Space Station to study the interaction of biomarkers of the human body in space, compared to experiments conducted on the surface of the Earth. Study of bone condition indicators, disorders of motor activity, perception of time in astronauts, fluid dynamics in space, and the impact of living in space on humans.

The scientific mission includes experiments involving schools in the UAE, as part of the Space Science Initiative launched by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, which was attended by 16 schools from the UAE, with the presence of UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri in the first phase, and will be conducted in a zero-gravity environment. Almost on board the station to compare the results, these experiments will contribute to the supply of Emirati curriculum with new scientific materials to be the product of the first manned mission to the UAE space.

The Soyuz M15 is being launched using a Soyuz rocket, which contains the Soyuz spacecraft in the upper part. The spacecraft consists of three parts, including an orbital unit with various facilities for the astronauts to sleep, eat and use the toilet.

It also contains a cargo warehouse, in the foreground the docking unit, and the middle part, and includes the landing unit, where astronauts sit during takeoff and landing, and through which controls the vehicle, and the last part, and includes the propulsion unit that contains fuel and engines Soyuz vehicle.

10 kilograms of tokens

Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center has announced that it will send about 10 kilograms of symbolic objects related to the heritage, culture and history of the UAE, and the tools that Hazza Al Mansouri will use on the International Space Station.

The contents are divided into: national symbols, such as the UAE flag and emblems, which, once returned from the International Space Station, can be placed in museums or distributed as souvenirs, and 30 Ghaf seeds will return to Earth from space to be planted throughout the UAE. "Tolerance Year".

There are materials related to the scientific experiments that will be conducted, such as inflatable balls representing the planets of Earth and Mars, and others, in addition to Emirati foods and personal belongings, such as pictures of the family of astronaut, Hazza Al-Mansouri, and some memories.

Al Mansouri will take a picture of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, with a delegation of astronauts Apollo, in addition to a copy of the Koran, and the book "My Story" of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE The Ruler of Dubai, who started his highness with the story of the announcement of the Emirates astronauts program, and the book of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center «Race to Space».

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Scientific experiment to be carried out

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Mansouri, in collaboration

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